topic:"Exhibition catalogue" found 3 records - Research Collections

Abstract: Pertains to a commemorative exhibition in celebration of the centennial of the North-West Mounted Police in Western Canada. Organized by the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, the publication is composed of a brief history of R.B. Nevitt, as well as a collection of his works. The history pertaining to Nevitt is both regarding him personally, as well as him as an artist. Readers can expect to learn more about this artist and the role of the North-West Mounted Police.

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Abstract: Pertains to the work of Janet Mitchell, a Canadian landscape artist born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Despite being primarily a self-taught artist, Mitchell was able to attend the Banff School of Fine Arts for a short while on a scholarship. The publication pertains to a retrospective exhibition in which Mitchell’s inward life and outward life are both at odds, and in harmony with one another. Organized by the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Mitchell shares the work that established her as a unique and important Canadian artist.

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Physical Description: 88 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm

Abstract: Pertains to an exhibition catalogue featuring art from 1815 through to 1965. Dr. Moncrieff Williamson selected the artwork, in addition to a more demanding task – identifying the unique qualities that separate Canadian art from the mainstream art scene. The publication offers the reader insight into the ways Canadian art has changed, and the qualities that diversifies it. The publication is divided between Eastern Canada and Western Canada as both have their own unique forms of creative expression.

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